zhāozhōu

chirp

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

周 sound component

  Sound component

zhōu

  

cycle

Evolution

啁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
啁 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhāo

chirp, twitter, twittering

 

zhōu

twittering of birds

Most common words with 啁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

啁啾

chirp

twittering of birds